Monthly Archives: March 2026

Cumings, Bruce. The Korean War: A History. Modern Library, New York, 2010. 3/26. I’ve just finished and reviewed a powerful disturbing novel involving the Korean War We Do Not Part. After reading that story I realized I had close to … Continue reading →

Kang, Han. We Do Not Part. Munhak Donghae, S Korea , 2021. English translation E Yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris, Hogarth, London/New York 2025. F; 3/26. This is a powerful semi-historic novel by a Korean writer who received the Nobel … Continue reading →

Ives, Lucy. An Image of My Name Enters America. Grayolf, Minneapolis, 1924. NF; 3/26. These essays reveal for me another side of Ms. Ives. Her short story Cosmogeny was a favourite of mine although I wasn’t as excited about one … Continue reading →

Doerr, Anthony. Four Seasons in Rome. Scribner (Simon & Schuster) New York 2007. Memoir; 2/26. I enjoyed Doerr’s Pulitzer-winner All the Light We Cannot See and I was interested in this memoir because of having taken my family to Western … Continue reading →